Cultivator attachment



C. B. KETTRING.

CULLTIVATOR' ATTACHM EN T. APPLICATION FILED AUG-5.1920.

v Patented Nov. 28, 1922.

2 SHEETSSHEET' I.

Inventor,

Attorneys.

-c; .B. KET TRING.

\ cut nyAron ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-5.11920. 2 Patented Nov. 28,1922.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Attorneys,

Patented Nov. 28, 1922.

T D T T S v m n CHAUNCEYBQYD KETTRING, orMonrnzUMA, OHIO,

' cUL'rivA'ron ATTACHMENT."

Application filed August 5,1520. SerialNo. 461,457.

I Toall 'whom it may concern Be it known that 1,". CHAUNGEY -Born KETTRING, a citizen of'the United; States, residing at Montezuma, inthe county of,

Mercer and State of Ohio, have inventeda new and useful Cultivator Attachment, of

which thefollowing is' a specification;

The present; invention appertains, .to' cultivators, and relates morelespecially to-an attachment forcorn cultivatorsi Withthe ordinary cultivator, it is not in frequently the case that during the culti vation' of the corn, the plants are covered with soil which is objectionable for obvious reasons, andvit is the object of'the invention to provide anatta chment for :a cultivator which'is operable to remove thev surplus soil from the corn or other plants, and which will also'serve to harrow thehsoil adjacenu the plants to break up thelumps.

Another object of the invention 1s to pro vide novel and improved means for mounting the rake or element which removes the surplus soil 'from' the plants and whichbreaks up the lumps, the device being in the form of attachment applicable to an .r ordinary cultivator, and being comparatively simple and inexpensive inconstruetion as well as being thoroughly practical and efficient in use.

'Withthe foregoing and other objectsin view-which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides: in the combination and arrangement of-parts and in thedetails of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made view showing the connectionbetween the beamandbars. Figureeis' an enlarged sectional detail villustrating the connection between the rake andbe'am;

of amodified form of rake.

the cultivating operation, it is frequently necessitates the. operator or another person removingthedirt from the plants inworder thatinjurythereto may 'beavoided. The present attachment-"is designed 'to trail or remote .endsclevis 9"to which. hooks 10. are pivotally connected,whereby said hooks mentto be readily appliedto and removed from thecultivatorr;

V Figure 3 is an enlarged detailfbottom" Figure 5 is an enlarged ii'agn'iental View I The cultivator illustrated is to be taken as typical only, since the present attachment-can be applied to various cultivators and-the cultivator depicted in the drawings embodies aframe lnattached to an arched axle 2 carried by the ground wheels 3, a tongue l being attached to the frame, and the frame: having a forward depending archgorhanger 4 to the'ends of which the cultivator beams 5 are pivotallyconnected by: thepivots '6. The cultivator blades '7 3 are attached to the beams 5 andwhenthe cultivator is drawn astride a row of corn or other .plants,the blades 71 loosen the soil at the opposite sideszof the row; During the'case that lumps or accumulationsfof dirt are thrown against the plants, and this slightly in rearxof the cultivator blades to remove the surplus dirt and lumps from the plants, and which also break up the lumps adj acent'the plants. 1

I The present attachment embodies, a -pair of rearwardly diverging connecting bars 8 having'pivotally attached to J their i forward lOjcan'beengaged with the pivots 6-fcr connecting the bars 8 with the endsofthe arch or'hanger i, thus enabling the attachlongitudinal floating beamll is con-- 4 nected'loosely to the rear ends of. the bars T8,: 'and to this end the forwardend of. the beam qllhas a fork 12 whose arms are bifurcated, and couplings 13'arepivoted within the armsgof the fork 12, as at 14, whereby iche/couplings 13 can swing in horizontal planes". The couplings l3'project forwardly and have, theiriforward ends bifurcated to -.-receive the rear ends. of the'bars 8, asat 1 5,

and the bars :8 are pivoted within the "0011-. plings 13, asat 16, whereby thebars 8 and couplings 13 can swing in vertical'planes relative to oneanother. The rear endsof the bars and forward-end of the zbeam 11 I drag created.

are thus connected by universal joints, whereby the beam 11 can swing horizontally and vertically, but will ordinarily tend to trail in a longitudinal position due to the The rake is attached to the rear end of the beam 11 andsf or this purpose, the rear end of said beam has a pair of depending ears 17 for the pivotal connection of the rake. The rake embodies ai -shaped bar or rod 18 whose armsdiverge 'rrearwardly. and which is provided at its corner or bend with aforwardly:projecting'shank :19 pivoted between its ends between the cars 17 by means of a apivot20. The rake can thus swing vertically.

The rake is spring pressed to normally swing the same downwardly; and to this "end, a vertical bolt 21 is engagedloosely through the tor-ward -endo f :the -shank19, said bolt having a lower 'hea'd seating against the 'lower surfaceof the shank'19, and the bolt fl projects upwardly through an aperture :22 of the beam '11 in front of the ears 1 7-; A'nut 23 is threaded upon the upper terminal of the bolt or rod 21, and a coiled wire expansion spring 24 surrounds the bolt 21 and isconfi-ned between the nut 23 and beam 11 to-norlnally swing the forward end of the :shank 19 upwardly, "thereby swinging the rake yieldably downward toward the -s0il. I 1 i 1 The bar 18 of the rake is provided with a' series "of depending resilient teeth or fingers 25 provided at their lower ends with rearward ly projecting terminals 26. a The teeth 25 being arranged in V-shape will reduce to a minimum, the liability'of the rake injuring the plants,'and furthermore, the teeth will tend to deflect the lumps away from the plants, it being understood that the rake isdrawn over the plants so that the plants can pass between'the teeth at the corner 'orcelbow of-the rake? The'terminals 26 are adapted to ride upon the soil to support the rake and to pulveriz'e or break' up In the modified form illustratedin 'Figfacilitate the pulverizing of the soil. 1

The .beam'll and bars "8- are sprin'g pressed relative to'one another, and for this purpose a hook 27 has its shank engaged downwardly through" the beam 11 a'dj'acentthe 'forward end thereof, and coiled wire "expansion "springs 28 have their rear endsenga'ge'd with the book '27. The forward ends 'ofithe forwardly diverging springs 28'are engaged with eyes or staples 29 carried by the bars 8,and thesaid springs 28" in tending'to expand will swing the beam 11 down 'wardly relative "to the bars 8; 'r'

: The'shanlr of the -hook127 which is eaably in the form of a bolt, also serves to secure a transverse bar or foot piece 30 upon the beam 11, whereby the operator seated upon the seat S of the cultivator, as seen in "Figure 2, can depress the bar 30101 depressposition of the rake, an upwardly projecting toothed segment 31 is carried by a clamp 75 -32-embracing the arched axle 2, and an L- shaped or bell crank lever 35 has its elbow iulcrumed to the segment 31,'21S-ut=35 ,ftl18 upwardly projecting arm *ofwthe lever35 having a pawl or dog 36 engageable with the teeth of'the segment 31 to hold'the lever in any adjusted position. The lower forwardly projecting"arm' of the lever 35 has a terminal -hooki37 to which the upper end of a chain 38' is engaged and to the lower end of the chain -38 is connected a pair of divergingchains-39, one of which is connected with the hook 27 and the other of which is engaged with an eye or staple 40 carried by the .beam- 11 near its rear end. The beam 11 is thus hung from the lever 35,

whereby said lever can be adjusted for rais- 'ing and lowering thebeam as desired.

Instead of using the-lever '35 andchains "3839, which will-not allow the beam to yield downwardly, a coiled retractile spring 41 can be employed, the upper end thereof being attachedto the clamp 32, and the lower end thereo'fhaving a hook 4C2 engageablewith the eye. 40, whereby the spring 41 will tend to; raise the beam 11. The operator in this case, by placing his feet'up'o'n the bar 30, can depress the beam applying the rake 11 as desired for properly to the plants andsoil'; y

In operation, it is evident that the rake in trailing from the machine will/serve its function in a thoroughly satisfactory manner, it being possible to adjust the beam to raise and lower the rake or: to shift the same laterally. r

Having thus--described the invention, what is: claimed as ne w is:

1. In a device of the class described, a

frame; a barpivoted to the frame for vertica-l swinging movement; a beam pivoted to' the bar for universal swinging move ment; spring means "for depressing the beam; a rake pivoted to the rear end of the beam; spring means forswinging the rake 12o downwardly; and means under the control 01 an operator'for raising andlowering the beam.

2. In a device of the class'describe'dya rake .providedwith depending fingers and supplied at its apex with a forwardlypre sented shank; a beam whereunto the shank is'pivoted for vertical swinging movement; spring means carried by the beam and'cooperating with the shank to hold-the terminals on the soil; and means for supportuniversal swinging movement; and a rake pivotallv mounted on the rear end of the last specified beam and spring-constrained to cooperate with the soil, the rake being located between and t0 the rear of the blades. 1 5

In testimonythat I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHAUNCEY BOYD KETTRING.

Witnesses:

V1oLo A. BECKMAN, OSCAR STAFFORD. 

